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Twitter: What's changed in the year since Elon Musk took over

The platform's rambunctious owner has paywalled features, forced recommended posts on users, and completed a divisive rebrand

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2023

‘Musk destroyed all that’: Twitter’s business is flailing after a year of Elon

Advertisers are spending less, regulators are circling, staff is at less than 50% of what it used to be and user numbers are down

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2023

Twitter takeover: 1 year later, X struggles with misinformation, advertising and usage decline

One year ago, billionaire Elon Musk walked into Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters with a white bathroom sink and a grin, fired its CEO and other top executives and began transforming the social media platform into what is now known as X

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023

Let the community work it out: Throwback to early internet days could fix social media's crisis of legitimacy

In the 2018 documentary “The Cleaners,” a young man in Manila, Philippines, explains his work as a content moderator: “We see the pictures on the screen. You then go through the pictures and delete those that don’t meet the guidelines. The daily quota of pictures is 25,000.” As he speaks,…

The Conversation · Oct 24, 2023

Billionaire hedge funder Bill Ackman is suddenly more worried about a ‘slowing’ economy than inflation—and he’s putting his money where his mouth is

“The economy is slowing faster than recent data suggests,” Ackman warned in a Monday post on X, formerly Twitter.

Fortune · Oct 23, 2023

It Was Another Disastrous Sunday for NFL Referees

It's time for the league to implement a new rule regarding replay late in games.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 23, 2023

X/Twitter: imposing a US$1 bot tax on new customers will only make the platform's problems worse

X, formerly known as Twitter, is testing a subscription plan called “Not a Bot” of US$1 equivalent per annum in New Zealand and the Philippines. Those who don’t subscribe will still be able to log in to view content and follow other accounts, but won’t be able to interact through…

The Conversation · Oct 23, 2023

How will X's premium new subscriptions work and how much will they cost?

Users may soon get access to an ad-free X experience if they’re willing to pay up 

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2023

Why is Elon Musk attacking Wikipedia? Because its very existence offends him

The X owner has no time for a democratic experiment dedicated to knowledge. He would rather yell puerile ‘jokes’ into the ether, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023

‘Let that sink in!’ The 13 tweets that tell the story of Elon Musk’s turbulent first year at Twitter (or X)

The billionaire’s posts began with a laboured gag and ended with a dangerous intervention into the reporting of the conflict in Gaza

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2023